May Day Dinner Attended By Over Sixty Grafton Women
The Women's Club of Grafton held its annual May Day dinner at the Belvedere club with over 60 members present. Doris Con Lucas reviewed The Green Years by A J Cronin, detailing a Protestant upbringing for a Catholic boy from Dublin to Scotland. New officers were installed by Mrs Carpenter and an entertainment segment featured Arvie Lockard and Mary Warden.
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Grafton
Women’s Club
Belvedere Club
Doris Con Lucas
Fairmont
A. J. Cronin
Charles Carpenter
James Guth
C. B. Mason
Robert Heflin
Dublin
Miss Warden
Chopin
John Newman
Edgar Poe
Grace Marie Bartlett
J. B. Rinker
Jane Miller
D. B. Fawcett
Earl Junior Ball Weds California Girl On May 1
Earl Junior Ball married Miss Elizabeth Anne Grace in a double ring ceremony at Loratta Chapel of St. Joseph's Cathedral in California on May 11. The bride, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter C. Grace of Oakland, wore a white wool dress with orchid corsage. Maid of honor was Marjorie de Pourtales of Santa Clara. best man was Richard T. Mendler. Ball, son of Mr. and Mrs. O V Ball of 241 Lincoln street, attended Grafton High, class of 1937, and has served in the Navy for over 19 months. A wedding breakfast for the bridal party followed at the El Cortex hotel. The couple then left for Riverside, California, and will reside in San Diego.
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Richard T. Mendler
Ball
O V. Ball
Lincoln Street
Grafton Senior High
Navy
el Cortex
Community Club Calendars Show May to June Meetings
Listings of local club events with May and June gatherings across churches and civic groups. Activities include sewing at Red Cross rooms, dinners at Belvedere Club, business sessions, and note of a naval family staying in Grafton.
Republicans Threaten Action If UN Fails to Intervene in Spain
New York May 28 The UN Security Council sub committee on Spain heard a pledge from Jose Giral exiled Spanish Republican leader that Republicans inside and outside Spain would fight Franco with broad support if the United Nations does not intervene. Giral said the Spanish people and their government feel capable of overthrowing tyranny with aid from friendly nations and various forms of assistance.
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New York
Security Council
Spain
United Nations
Franco
Jose Giral
U. N
Giral
Scallops Slim You Come Pattern 9323 Dress Ad
Pattern 9323 two piece dress keeps you cool and calm in hot weather. Sizes 34 to 50 with fabric yardage for size 36. Send twenty cents to Grafton Sentinel Pattern Dept for pattern 9323 and include name address zone. Marian Martin Fall Winter Pattern Book also offered for fifteen cents with complete directions.
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Grafton Sentinel
Pattern Dept. P
Station O
New York
Marian Martin
Spain's Giral on UNO role in Civil War causes and atomic doubt
Giral argued the United Nations could remove causes for civil war in Spain and noted uranium deposits exist, though he admitted lacking precise knowledge about atomic bomb manufacture or use of the material.
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Giral
U.N
Spain
Rationing Card System Details for Liquor Stores
The article explains a two card rationing system for liquor stores where each purchase is punched on a card listing issuing store, customer name and address, and signature. A duplicate card is kept on file at the store for crosschecks to prevent multiple registrations. Cards are nontransferable though spouses may use each others cards with proper credentials. Ration amounts depend on registrant totals and stock on hand, varying over time.
Briefly Told and Hospital Notes from Grafton Area
Local items report recent visitors William Balser Jr visiting his parents and sister Ruth on Pretense Street. Hospital notes list numerous admissions in Grafton City including Mrs Helen Sloan and Miss Doris Helen Price, with discharge of Miss Jean Grinnan. Other items note Miss Margaret Arble enrolling in Miami beauty school and Col George Peer heading to Letterman Hospital San Francisco. A page one continuation discusses China news with Marshall talks, Chou En-Tai and Soong, and Communist stance on Manchuria.
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William Balser, Jr
W. C. Balser, Sr
Ruth
Pretense Street
Paul
William Bourgeois
Grafton City Hospital
Helen Sloan
West
Wilford Street
Bertha Zinn
Tunnelton
E. C. Bol Vard
Kasson
James Shahan
Newburg
Ona Wolfe
Iva R. Tomlinn
Grafton
Roberta de Cost
Walter Cross
Warder Avenue
Donna Jean
Johnson
Patricia Morrison
McGrew Avenue
Doris Helen Price
Jean Grinnan
Francis Street
Page
Chou En-Tai
Marshall
Soong
Chou
Chiang
Manchuria
Changchin
Manchurian
Yenan Radio
Kuomintang
Whisky and Public Attitudes Toward Alcohol Use
A discussion on whisky drawing criticism from distillers and dry advocates. Citing a University study, 59 percent of Americans are said to be connected to alcohol abuse, with 25 percent of that group allegedly addicts. Debates blame whisky, distillers, and drinkers for societal harm.
Flood Destroys Property Across Pennsylvania In Wide Rise
Two farmers from Mill Hall near Lock Haven, Charles Gilmore and Richard Bowman, drowned in Dishing Creek while clearing debris from a factory dam. Total property damage surpassed 500000 dollars with thousands more expected. Communications failed in Tioga county towns Wellsboro Mansfield Blossburg. Lyter Creek and Pine Creek rose, flood levels exceeding 1936. Fire crews used Towboats to evacuate 40 plus residents in Venango Sugar Creek area. Oil City ordered 400 residents from homes. Rynd Farm saw 100 evacuated. Titusville Herald printed in another city as floods swelled. Early hand grenades weighed two to six pounds.
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Vcununuer Lem Joney
Charles Gilmore
Richard Bowman
Mill Hall
Lock Haven
Pennsylvania
Tioga County
Wellsboro
Mansfield
Blossburg
Lyleer Creek
Tiora
Pine Creek
Venango
Sugar Creek
Oil City
Rynd Farm
Titusville
Crawford County
Franklin News-Herald Press
Glass Plant at Cen to Open Three Buildings
The planned glass plant at Cen will not be prolonged as the Civilian Production Administration reversal grants authority to proceed. The project cost is estimated at 450000 dollars for three one story buildings and aims to produce all types of glassware containers. It will employ 90 people and be operated by the Clarksburg Paper Box company.
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Nauuca
Grafton Glass
Clarksburg Paper Box Company
Senate Debates Over Draft Bill and Labor Opposition
Montana senator voiced support for a proposal as the senate opened a second day of debate on a government takeover of struck facilities. Republicans push amendments to curb the draft section while labor leaders denounce the measures as aimed at destroying the labor movement.
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Montana
Senate
House
Senator Glass Dies at 88 in Washington Hotel
Senator Glass died of heart failure at the Mayflower hotel apartment. He was the Senate's oldest member, 88, and had not appeared since June 1942 with his second wife Mary Glass ill. A Virginia Republican sought a vacant seat and special election last year, but courts blocked the move.
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Senate
Mayflower Hotel
Mary Glass
Virginia
Virginia Courts
Milk Mixture for Stomach Ulcers
An old advertisement touts a stomach ulcer remedy named Lurin said to relieve ulcer pain and gas. It claims efficacy for heartburn and indigestion, advising a home-based dose of two tea spoons mixed in milk, available at Malone's Drug Store and others.
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Malone's
William P Samples for Prosecuting Attorney Nomination
Republican candidate William P Samples seeks the Republican nomination for prosecuting attorney in the August 6 1946 primary election. Paid political advertising note appears with the statement of support.
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Office of Prosecuting Attorney
Glass long career in government ends with private life
The article traces the career of Senator Glass from his House tenure and nine reelections to cabinet service under Wilson, Roosëvelt, and his resignations. It notes his misalignment with some New Deal policies, Roosevelt’s friendship, his 1949 Senate term, and family details including Aurelia Glass death in 1937 and Powell Glass’s death last July.
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Supreme Court
House
Glass
Wilson
Roosevelt
Aurelia Glass
Mary
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